2004 Daventry District Council election

Elections to Daventry District Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative 34
• Labour 3
• Liberal Democrat 1

Election result

Daventry Local Election Result 2004

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10			0	83.3	62.9	9,619	-1.5%
	Labour	1			-1	8.3	28.2	4,316	+1.2%
	Liberal Democrats	1			+1	8.3	8.9	1,361	+2.0%

Ward results

Abbey North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gloria Edwards-Davidson	1,199	60.7	+1.6
	Labour	Olwen Loud	775	39.3	−1.6
Majority			424	21.4	+3.2
Turnout			1,974

Abbey South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Morrott	846	67.2	−5.6
	Labour	Gareth Pritchard	413	32.8	+5.6
Majority			433	34.4	−11.2
Turnout			1,259
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barby & Kilsby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Lomax	799	54.5	+11.2
	Conservative	John Richards	668	45.5	+0.5
Majority			131	9.0
Turnout			1,467

Boughton & Pitsford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Shephard	522	79.3
	Labour	Emma Poole	136	20.7
Majority			386	58.6
Turnout			658
	Conservative hold		Swing

Braunston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet McCarthy	526	72.0
	Conservative	Lesley Bowles	205	28.0
Majority			321	44.0
Turnout			731
	Labour hold		Swing

Brixworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Wiig	1,333	62.3	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Peacock	562	26.3	+2.8
	Labour	Maughan Johnson	244	11.4	+1.4
Majority			771	36.0	+7.1
Turnout			2,139
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drayton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Annette Dunn	989	59.2	+11.0
	Labour	Brian Roberts	682	40.8	−11.0
Majority			307	18.4	+14.8
Turnout			1,671
	Conservative hold		Swing

Flore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wendy Amos	622	76.9
	Labour	Maureen Luke	187	23.1
Majority			435	53.8
Turnout			809
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Walduck	993	67.0
	Labour	David Nicoll	488	33.0
Majority			505	34.0
Turnout			1,481
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ravensthorpe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Pasley-Tyler	636	79.2
	Labour	Christopher Myers	167	20.8
Majority			469	58.4
Turnout			803
	Conservative hold		Swing

Weedon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David White	871	73.8	−9.5
	Labour	Thomas Price	309	26.2	+9.5
Majority			562	47.6	−19.0
Turnout			1,180

Woodford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Griffin	735	65.4	+2.3
	Labour	Christine Fitchett	389	34.6	−2.3
Majority			346	30.8	+4.6
Turnout			1,124
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

• 2004 Daventry election result
• Ward results